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Panama looks to science, fishers, and the law to protect its sharks and rays

PUERTO CAIMITO, Panama — It’s a late April morning and the Tabor, an industrial fishing boat, is sailing around Chepillo Island in Panama Bay. Under the eyes of the crew, Yehudi Ro...

UK Anglers to Aid Scientists Tracking Vulnerable Sharks in British Waters

Scientists at the University of Exeter have launched a three-year research project to study three of Britain’s most vulnerable shark species — porbeagle, tope and blue sharks — wit...

Biopsies, aerial drills and a personal pizza: a day in the life of a shark scientist

Jasmin Graham, a shark scientist and science communicator, also makes time in her day to practice her hobbies and play music bingo with friends“Sharks are not monsters, they just n...

Science Diver Meets Great White Sharks, Cores For Carbon In The Seabed

One scientist is taking a different approach to diving, treating the seabed as an extreme scientific testing ground to extract vital environmental data on carbon.

A lifetime studying and advocating for cetaceans: Interview with Paul Spong

Paul Spong’s life has been entwined with whales for nearly six decades. In the 1960s, Spong, who hails from Aotearoa New Zealand, moved to the U.S. to study physiological psycholog...

Shedding light on the sea: Interview with Thai photographer Sirachai Arunrugstichai

BANGKOK — Marine biologist and photojournalist Sirachai “Shin” Arunrugstichai has taken many notable photographs in Thailand, from white bleached coral reefs to beaches blackened b...

Shark Angels Launches Fundraiser For New York Hospital

Shark Angels has launched a targeted fundraiser to deliver an immersive marine biology experience to pediatric patients at the Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York.

‘You can’t protect what you don’t know:’ Interview with marine scientist Loyiso Dunga

CAPE TOWN — When scientist Loyiso Dunga began mapping the Great African Seaforest in 2016, he decided to go snorkeling. The South African section of the kelp forest stretches aroun...

Fish Maw: An Emerging Ocean Conservation Nightmare

Like the early days of the shark fin trade, the mostly unregulated market for dried fish swim bladders has exploded in popularity, devastating species around the world. The post Fi...

SHARKS ARE AWESOME

Shark Diving Masterclasses in South Africa Set For May and June 2027

If diving among sharks in the waters off South Africa has been on your bucket list, David Diley and South Coast Diving Co. might have just the thing for you.

Once on the brink of extinction, sand tiger sharks are rebounding in Boston Harbor

Scientists are studying a growing sand tiger shark population that spends summers in Boston Harbor.

Endangered leopard shark spotted in Samoan waters for the first time: 'Entirely unexpected'

The discoveries unearthed by National Geographic Pristine Seas have led to the creation of 28 marine reserves around the globe.

As silky sharks decline, Costa Rica’s dominant trade faces a reckoning

Inside an inspection facility in Hong Kong in 2018, shark biologist Diego Cardeñosa stared at dozens of large white bags. They were stacked, sometimes six or seven high, beneath st...

Divers Vying For Places On Shark and Ray Discovery Challenge

The leaderboard for PADI AWARE's Global Shark and Ray Census has gone live, with divers vying to be among the first 200 to identify 20 shark and ray species to earn a place as a "P...

Researchers Develop Method to Accurately Estimate Shark Ages

Scientists have introduced a new technique to determine the age of sharks by tracking chemical alterations in their DNA.

South Korea can't coax superstar dusky shark out of an urban canal

What do you do when a shark refuses to return to the open ocean and stubbornly insists on returning to an urban canal?

To cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest shark

As trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species‘When I accidentally catch a shark, I b...

San Diego criminal defense attorney David P. Shapiro joins panel at Side by Side Reentry Conference

San Diego criminal defense attorney David P. Shapiro joins panel at Side by Side Reentry Conference

Black Skimmer Tracking Shows A Shift for Fish

This article was co-written with Brien Weiner of the South Shore Audubon Society, serving the southern half of Nassau County on Long Island, New York.When researchers fitted 20 Bla...

Sharks Are So Effin’ Cool! (Even The Weird Ones)

Shivani Maharaj (maternity leave)

Shivani joined AMRC in July 2025 to support members in making the most of their data and demonstrating the impact of their research. She has a background in data analysis and previ...

Turning the tables on lionfish: How Honduran divers are fighting back

TELA, Honduras — Mario never set out to become a lionfish hunter. An engineer by training and founder of the local dive center Tela Divers, he simply wanted to do something about t...

It Turns Out, Sharks Can Hear Way Better Than We Thought

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